AMSTERDAM, June 16 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Monday

confirmed a 2021 consumer watchdog 's ruling saying that Apple ( AAPL )

had abused its dominant position by imposing unfair

conditions on providers of dating apps in the App Store.

The Rotterdam District Court ruled that the Dutch Authority

for Consumers and Markets (ACM) was therefore right to impose an

order subject to a penalty for non-compliance.

The court ruled that ACM was right in finding that dating

app providers had to use Apple's ( AAPL ) own payment system, were not

allowed to refer to payment options outside the App Store, and

had to pay a 30% commission (15% for small providers) to Apple ( AAPL ).

Apple ( AAPL ) said it was planning to appeal.

"This ruling undermines the technology and tools we've

created to benefit developers and protect users' privacy and

security, and we plan to appeal", a company spokesperson told

Reuters.

ACM in 2021 fined Apple ( AAPL ) 50 million euros ($58 million) for

failure to comply with changes it had ordered to Apple's ( AAPL ) app

store to end practices it said violated European Union antitrust

laws.

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